I'm Sian, a Healthcare Assistant on Monkswell ward. We are a care of the elderly ward and the majority of our patients suffer from Dementia and/or other cognitive impairments. Caring for patients who are confused, wandering and sometimes aggressive can be a challenge at the best of times, without throwing a virus into the mix! … Continue reading My COVID experience: Sian Killen
My Experience
My Experience: Tears, Teamwork and Technology at the Child Development Centre
My name is Lucy and I started working for University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust on Wednesday 5 February 2020. My new job was Paediatric Nurse Specialist at the Child Development Centre (CDC), working within the Neurodevelopmental Team. Six weeks after I started, Covid-19 struck, and I would like to share my experiences of how my … Continue reading My Experience: Tears, Teamwork and Technology at the Child Development Centre
My COVID experience: A video diary
In May, our Clinical Nurse Specialist for Headaches Becky Stuckey, featured on the Plymouth episode of The Guardian's Anywhere But Westminster. When the COVID pandemic began, Becky offered her services to one of the red zone wards, Braunton. And, over three days, Becky shot over 30 minutes of video content documenting her daily activities as … Continue reading My COVID experience: A video diary
My Experience: Ramadan, COVID and Me
My name is Syeda and I’m a Staff Nurse on Stonehouse Ward. Between 23 April and 23 May I fasted for Ramadan. My experience of working for the NHS whilst fasting went really well and I must admit I didn’t really meet many challenges. I worked on the ward in the daytime during Eid, but … Continue reading My Experience: Ramadan, COVID and Me
My COVID experience: Joining the Trust
Hello, my name is Simon Cliff and I've been a Patient Services Advisor since March 2020, the start of Covid-19. My job involves preparing and serving meals and refreshments and some cleaning duties. I worked in the automotive industry previously, but I wanted to work somewhere where I felt could make a difference and have … Continue reading My COVID experience: Joining the Trust
My COVID experience: Sadie Hallett
Mental Health Nurse and mother of two, Sadie Hallet from Plymouth has told us about her experience of COVID19: Back in March, a few days before Mother’s Day, I started getting symptoms. At first I thought it was just a cold but the symptoms progressed. By March 24th I was feeling tired and had aching … Continue reading My COVID experience: Sadie Hallett
My COVID experience: Róisín McKeon-Carter
The COVID19 pandemic has rocked the world and certainly has had a significant impact on my life this year. I was scheduled to fly to Hanoi, Vietnam on March 13th to volunteer with a charity, Newborns Vietnam (https://www.newbornsvietnam.org/), to teach neonatal nurses over a two week period organised by Edinburgh Napier University. In January, the … Continue reading My COVID experience: Róisín McKeon-Carter
My COVID experience – Dr Jamie Read
I don’t think any of us could have imagined that 2020 would play out as it has so far. Our lives have changed in ways that few of us thought possible, and work is unrecognisable for many of us. Like many staff in the organisation, the added worry about contracting COVID19 has placed an additional … Continue reading My COVID experience – Dr Jamie Read
My experience being redeployed
Rotational Midwife, Melanie Redding has temporarily left her job in the maternity unit behind to help out in the COVID Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Escalation Team after volunteering to be redeployed. She shares her experience below. My name is Melanie Redding, although to my colleagues I’m known as Mel-Bell. I joined the Trust in 2006 … Continue reading My experience being redeployed
My experience of Covid-19
30 April 2020 One member of staff has shared their experience of having COVID-19 and being tested. Their account is below: I was really surprised to get the text that said my Covid test was positive. Until that point I honestly felt like I was making a bit of a fuss… it was embarrassing being … Continue reading My experience of Covid-19